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Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1640
Central Character: María de Jesús de Ágreda
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Though she never left her cell, Mara de Jess de greda became a spiritual presence across cultures, continents, and centuries.
Central Character: María de Jesús de Ágreda
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Though she never left her cell, Mara de Jess de greda became a spiritual presence across cultures, continents, and centuries.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1650
Central Character: Sarmad Kashani
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Sarmad Kashani, the naked mystic of Mughal Delhi, who chose death over finishing a sentence he had not yet lived.
Central Character: Sarmad Kashani
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Sarmad Kashani, the naked mystic of Mughal Delhi, who chose death over finishing a sentence he had not yet lived.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1654
Central Character: Blaise Pascal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Blaise Pascal's wager invites us to live as if love is real---even in a world where certainty has faded and old religious forms no longer hold.
Central Character: Blaise Pascal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Blaise Pascal's wager invites us to live as if love is real---even in a world where certainty has faded and old religious forms no longer hold.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1656
Central Character: Barbara Blaugdone
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Barbara Blaugdone, a 17th-century Quaker preacher who practiced witness to justice at extraordinary personal cost.
Central Character: Barbara Blaugdone
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Barbara Blaugdone, a 17th-century Quaker preacher who practiced witness to justice at extraordinary personal cost.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1658
Central Character: John Amos Comenius
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
Central Character: John Amos Comenius
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
Podcast: History's ArrowCirca: 1665
Central Character: Aqualtune
About this episode: A Kongo princess falls in battle, is sold into slavery in Brazil, and rebuilds a kingdom of the free at Palmares.
Central Character: Aqualtune
About this episode: A Kongo princess falls in battle, is sold into slavery in Brazil, and rebuilds a kingdom of the free at Palmares.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1666
Central Character: Brother Lawrence
About this episode: Brother Lawrence discovered that ordinary work, done with love and attention, becomes prayer itself---a truth that still matters today.
Central Character: Brother Lawrence
About this episode: Brother Lawrence discovered that ordinary work, done with love and attention, becomes prayer itself---a truth that still matters today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1668
Central Character: Zera Yacob
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: A reflection on Zera Yacob and the moral courage to test belief against reason, justice, and human dignity.
Central Character: Zera Yacob
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: A reflection on Zera Yacob and the moral courage to test belief against reason, justice, and human dignity.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1669
Central Character: Nicolas Steno
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
Central Character: Nicolas Steno
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1670
Central Character: Charles Marshall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How the suffering of ordinary English Quakers like Charles Marshall traveled across an ocean to become the First Amendment.
Central Character: Charles Marshall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How the suffering of ordinary English Quakers like Charles Marshall traveled across an ocean to become the First Amendment.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1675
Central Character: Pietism
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia explores Pietism, the 17th-century movement that asked whether faith was truly lived --- and why that question still matters today.
Central Character: Pietism
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia explores Pietism, the 17th-century movement that asked whether faith was truly lived --- and why that question still matters today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1675
Central Character: Jacques Bertot
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
Central Character: Jacques Bertot
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1678
Central Character: John Bunyan
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Bunyan chose a prison cell over silence, and gave the world a map of the soul that still finds its way to ordinary people today.
Central Character: John Bunyan
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Bunyan chose a prison cell over silence, and gave the world a map of the soul that still finds its way to ordinary people today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1679
Central Character: The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
Central Character: The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1680
Central Character: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz wrote theology, poetry, and defiance by candlelight.
Central Character: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz wrote theology, poetry, and defiance by candlelight.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1697
Central Character: Pierre Bayle
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Pierre Bayle championed tolerance and intellectual humility in an age of religious violence, offering a model for living with deep disagreement without dehumanization.
Central Character: Pierre Bayle
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Pierre Bayle championed tolerance and intellectual humility in an age of religious violence, offering a model for living with deep disagreement without dehumanization.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1697
Central Character: Samuel Sewall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: A reflection on Samuel Sewall, and how public repentance reshaped moral responsibility.
Central Character: Samuel Sewall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: A reflection on Samuel Sewall, and how public repentance reshaped moral responsibility.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1698
Central Character: Jeanne Guyon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: French mystic Jeanne Guyon was imprisoned in the Bastille for teaching that the interior life belongs to every soul --- and sang.
Central Character: Jeanne Guyon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: French mystic Jeanne Guyon was imprisoned in the Bastille for teaching that the interior life belongs to every soul --- and sang.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1705
Central Character: Kimpa Vita
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: Kimpa Vita, 21-year-old Kongolese prophet burned at the stake in 1706, asked a question the world is still answering.
Central Character: Kimpa Vita
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: Kimpa Vita, 21-year-old Kongolese prophet burned at the stake in 1706, asked a question the world is still answering.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1738
Central Character: Charles Wesley
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Charles Wesley wrote 6000 hymns that gave ordinary people a sacred voice --- and Harmonia wonders why we've stopped singing together.
Central Character: Charles Wesley
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Charles Wesley wrote 6000 hymns that gave ordinary people a sacred voice --- and Harmonia wonders why we've stopped singing together.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1744
Central Character: Emanuel Swedenborg
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Scientist, mystic, and forerunner --- Emanuel Swedenborg followed reason to the edge of what reason can reach, and kept going.
Central Character: Emanuel Swedenborg
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Scientist, mystic, and forerunner --- Emanuel Swedenborg followed reason to the edge of what reason can reach, and kept going.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1750
Central Character: Anthony Benezet
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet and the profound spiritual distinction between forgiveness as personal work and justice as collective architecture.
Central Character: Anthony Benezet
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet and the profound spiritual distinction between forgiveness as personal work and justice as collective architecture.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1750
Central Character: Benjamin Lay
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Benjamin Lay, the radical Quaker abolitionist who lived in a cave and refused to let good people look away from slavery.
Central Character: Benjamin Lay
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Benjamin Lay, the radical Quaker abolitionist who lived in a cave and refused to let good people look away from slavery.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1754
Central Character: John Woolman
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Woolman's gentle witness against slavery through everyday choices helped Quakers become the first American denomination to oppose it, offering a model for moral clarity that remains urgent today.
Central Character: John Woolman
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Woolman's gentle witness against slavery through everyday choices helped Quakers become the first American denomination to oppose it, offering a model for moral clarity that remains urgent today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1773
Central Character: Mokujiki Shōnin
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: A wandering Japanese monk carves a thousand smiling Buddhas and walks away --- and changes everything about what sacred art can mean.
Central Character: Mokujiki Shōnin
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: A wandering Japanese monk carves a thousand smiling Buddhas and walks away --- and changes everything about what sacred art can mean.